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Penguins Join Streetscape Effort
Forty proud Penguin alumni and friends joined this year’s spring Streetscape event in downtown Youngstown, comprising the largest group of volunteers in the annual city beautification effort. The group had breakfast at Joe Maxx Coffee Company on East Federal Street, worked together on mulching, cleaning up and planting spring flowers along the main city thoroughfares, and then joined other volunteers for a picnic lunch hosted by Youngstown Cityscape. The YSU group included, from left: kneeling, first row – Jennifer Leugers ’01; Heather Belgin, Alumni/Events; Casey Leugers; Brady Leugers; Ron Garchar ’73; Rory Schuler; Halle Schuler; YSU President Jim Tressel. Second row: Marie Roller ’88; John Africa ’62; Bianca Koup ’14; Sarah Poulton ’11; Penny Pavelko ’71; Ana Torres; Susan Albanese; Heather Chunn, YSU Foundation, ’99, ’03; Aiden Chunn; Barb Howley ’87; Carrie Ramos; Shelly LaBerto ’90; Tom Ramos ’65, ’77; Keith Evans ’65; Mousa Kassis ’94, ’96; Jackie LeViseur, Alumni/Events, ’09. Third row, Chris Buccino ’91, ’02; David Moore ’75, ’78; Andy Danus ’74; Walter Zuhosky ’05, ’11; Tiffany Buck ’07; Kim Jenkins ’08, ’11; Dominic Albanese ’68; Ed Brannan ’79; Scott Brand ’14; Ed Howley ’75, ’86; Phil Pabst ’82; Tyler Pabst.
Vets and ROTC Alumni Plan Reunion in October Tours of the university’s new Veterans Resource Center building on Wick Avenue will highlight the third annual YSU Veterans and ROTC Alumni Reunion, set for Oct. 10-11 on the YSU campus. Members of the reunion planning committee include, from left, first row, John Marino ’69; Rick Williams, Veterans Affairs Coordinator; Heather Belgin, Events Coordinator; John Pierog; Carl Nunziato ’61; (second row) Harold Hutzen ’68; Jim Fairbanks ’69; Irv Maurer ’69; Pat Billett ’94; and Bernie Kosar, Sr. ’59. Missing from the photo are Janel Rice ’94 and Captain Stephanie Crawford, Recruiting Operations Officer, YSU ROTC. The two-day event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, with a networking reception, buffet dinner and program at the Williamson College of Business Administration atrium. On Saturday, Oct. 11, alumni and friends will get a first-hand look at the university’s new Veterans Resource Center, with a picnic and building tours starting at 5 p.m. That evening, a block of tickets will be reserved for the YSU vs. Western Illinois football game, which begins at 7 p.m. Reservations for all weekend events are required. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Heather Belgin, 330-941-1591 or habelgin@ysu.edu. 28